Sailing News

Congratulations to Cathy MacAleavey and Con Murphy will represent Ireland on World Sailing Committees from 2017–2020. Cathy & Con were respectively appointed members of ISAF’s ‘Equipment’ and ‘Race Management’ technical committees.

In order to create extra room on the platform for the winter season and also in order to give it a fresh lick of varnish, the Club’s flagpole was dismantled just before lift-out and brought to the boathouse for works this winter.

When stripped off its old varnish, we discovered that rot had taken hold of about 3.5m from the top of the mast down. What was thought to be surface surface rot turned out to be much deeper and spread and radical remedial action was needed. Read more

The 2017 ICRA Annual Conference will be held in the Castletroy Hotel in Limerick on Saturday, March 4th from 10:30am onwards.

Under the heading “We Must Talk about Cruiser Racing”, this year’s conference promises to be an exciting discussion on the hot topics surrounding the world of Cruiser Racing in Ireland today. The format of the discussion will be an open floor Q&A session chaired by Denis Kiely. Read more

Alan Green and Charles Apthorp of the National Yacht Club head for the Flying Fifteen Worlds in New Zealand on Thursday – Summer racing in the South Pacific. Alan and Charles team up for many events and Charles who’s regular sailing is from Hayling Island is an overseas member of the NYC and frequent visitor.

The worlds will take place on the North Island hosted by Napier Sailing Club, some of who’s fleet competed in the worlds in 2003 hosted in Dun Laoghaire.